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Kash Patel: “Do you know how many agents I've had to take offline from…”

Featuring: Kash Patel, Republican | Former Chief of Staff to the Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense | National

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FBI Director Kash Patel Discusses Fentanyl Operations and Transparency on Crossfire Hurricane

Published | Video Starts at 10:55

And that's just a bonus. Do you know how many copycats we've had to investigate as a result of that beachside venture from the former director? Is that right? Do you know how many agents I've had to take offline from chasing down child sex predators, fentanyl traffickers, terrorists? Because everywhere across this country, people are popping up on social media and think that a threat to the life of the President of the United States is a joke and they can do it because he did it. (10:55–11:03)

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Asserts that resources have been diverted from critical investigations due to threats inspired by James Comey's actions.

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